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Emanuel
Emanuel
Emanuel’s father died in a mountain-climbing accident shortly before Emanuel was born, and his mother died when he was five years old. Emanuel arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2012. Emanuel is now a very bright young man. He continues to be a serious student who works hard. Emanuel also plays on the Rafiki tennis team and enjoys competing. He continues to learn to trust in Jesus, and he enjoys learning about Christ's second coming. Emanuel says that he is thankful that "God saw him and brought him to Rafiki" as a young child.
DOB: Dec 12, 2006
Samson
At a very young age, Samson was abandoned and taken to a local orphanage.
Ethan
Ethan’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father died in 2002.
Ruth
After the death of their parents, Ruth and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Yesunesh
Yesunesh was born in Mojo, Ethiopia. Her father died when she was only a few months old, and her mother abandoned her few months after that.
Catherine
Catherine’s mother died in 2005, and her father committed suicide in 2008.
Grace
Grace and her brother, Martin, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Jerome
Jerome was abandoned at a local hospital in Kampala, Uganda in 2005.
James
James’s father died HIV+, and his mother also had HIV.
Comfort
Comfort arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Samson
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Godwin
Godwin lived with his unemployed aunt and uncle before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011.
John
John’s mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Frank
Frank arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
John
Both of John’s parents died in 2003 and John was placed in the care of his grandmother.
Abel
Abel was found abandoned as a baby.
Wongani
Both Wongani's parents died by the time he was two years old.
John
Very few details are known about John. His mother is deceased and his father is presumed to be as well.
Michael
After being abandoned by their mother, Kebah and her brother Michael were removed from their abusive caretaker.
Israel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gabriel
After Gabriel's father died in 2006, his ailing mother contacted social welfare services to intervene in her son's life.
Mavis
Mavis was orphaned when both of her parents died of illnesses.
Cristopher
Both of Christopher's parents died in 2004.
Adele
Adele’s father struggled under the weight of caring for a young son with cerebral palsy, the children’s blind grandmother, and his own kidney...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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